Summer
trip 2009 on Turnstone - our Nimble 20
Anacortes - Desolation
Sound via the Gulf Islands, Porlier Pass, Silva Bay, Malaspina
Strait.
Desolation Sound - Anacortes via Texada Island, Nanaimo, Gabriola
Passage, Sucia Island.
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Near Entrance Island
lighthouse the winds are almost always exciting. Here 16-18
knots of following breeze.
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| On top of Bold Head,
Desolation Sound. The approach to Tenedas Bay and the waters
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Playing in powerboat
wakes, Chivers Point, Wallace Island
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Unnamed narrow cove
near Half Moon Bay, Sunshine Coast. Merry island in the left
background. This snug anchorage is guarded by rocks, even in
the entrance, and dries on spring ebbs.
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Porlier light and
Turnstone in the background.
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| Smiles all around
when reaching in 15 knots, Strait of Georgia north of Nanaimo. |
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'Tenedos Lake' and
Desolation Sound vacation fun.
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The dinghy sailor
at the helm.
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Approaching the mothership
at dinner time.
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Bouldering, Wallace
south point cove.
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Bird studies.
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Closing in on Gabriola
Passage at sunrise, leaving the 20kn gusts of the strait behind.
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| Arbutus and drift logs, Sucia |
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Boat passage, Winter
Cove, Saturna Island running at a 10kn flood current.
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Finally the wind
eased and the sheets were let out after beating into a 15-17kn
headwind for two hours in the early morning. Lawrence Point,
Orcas island.
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Gulf Island scenery.
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Faint trails and
careful route finding let us to the empty south shore of West
Redonda, Desolation Sound. Bjorn with flotsam.
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